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#966; In which a Star comes Home

A: WELL! The prodigal comes home, I see!
B: I just happen to be passing through. I have nothing to say to you.

A: I?m glad you?re here, though. We parted on bad terms and I feel kinda responsible.
B: ?KINDA?? YOU said, and I QUOTE, ?I hope you get measles. I hope you get a cursed case of measles. Hope you collapse into a pile of measle-ridden bones that stink up a pretty house for fifty generations. I hope no one can tell the source of the smell and the smell becomes a mystery for nineteen thousand years.?

A: I know. I only hear it on the radio THIRTY TIMES A DAY.
B: It?s the HOOK! It?s what makes ?My Stinkybones? such a BUMPIN? HIT!
A: Listen, all I?m sayin? is it would?ve been nice to have gotten a shout-out at the Grammys.

{{header: sing along to WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: YOU KNEW THE CONSEQUENCES of wishing BONE MEASLES on a SINGER/SONGWRITER!}}

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#966; In which a Star comes Home

A: WELL! The prodigal comes home, I see!
B: I just happen to be passing through. I have nothing to say to you.

A: I?m glad you?re here, though. We parted on bad terms and I feel kinda responsible.
B: ?KINDA?? YOU said, and I QUOTE, ?I hope you get measles. I hope you get a cursed case of measles. Hope you collapse into a pile of measle-ridden bones that stink up a pretty house for fifty generations. I hope no one can tell the source of the smell and the smell becomes a mystery for nineteen thousand years.?

A: I know. I only hear it on the radio THIRTY TIMES A DAY.
B: It?s the HOOK! It?s what makes ?My Stinkybones? such a BUMPIN? HIT!
A: Listen, all I?m sayin? is it would?ve been nice to have gotten a shout-out at the Grammys.

{{header: sing along to WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: YOU KNEW THE CONSEQUENCES of wishing BONE MEASLES on a SINGER/SONGWRITER!}}

YOU KNEW THE CONSEQUENCES of wishing BONE MEASLES on a SINGER/SONGWRITER!

#966; In which a Star comes Home

  — September 17th, 2013

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Applications open for Genius Northwest – an IRL gaming competition

May 8, 2026 by David Malki !

Last year, I participated in Genius Northwest, a gaming competition inspired by the Korean gameshow The Genius and its ilk.

It’s a reality show without the cameras — a 3-day, all-inclusive weekend retreat structured around a series of challenges and puzzles, in which personalities and dealmaking matter as much as playing games.

It’s truly a remarkable thing. I came in dead last in the competition, but I still had a great time participating.

The event is held annually in the Pacific Northwest (hence the name) and applications are now open to participate in the 2026 competition!

Learn more — and apply — at GeniusNW.com.


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